The show opened with Ryback cutting a rug. This led to our first match of the night, Ryback vs. Pee Wee Herman.

* Herman defeated Ryback.

* Ricardo Rodriguez cut a record backstage about his victory on RAW.

* Fandango danced with Zack Ryder in a short match, probably around 5 minutes.

* Zeb Colter vs. Ricardo Rodriguez is next. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir interferes, and then Alberto Del Rio gets involved. Teddy Long comes out and makes it a tag team match.

* Zeb Colter & Jack Swagger & The M.T.Choir vs. Alberto Del Rio & Ricardo Rodriguez & The June Taylor Dancers is next. Team Ziggler is at ringside and interferes. It is now a triple threat tag team match.

* There was a segment where The Shield were beating on an unknown person. They cut a promo, and when they left, it was revealed that the unknown person was Neil Diamond.

* Randy Orton defeated Damien Sandow with the BVD. After the match, The Big Show came out and talked bi-sequential computations to Orton.

There was a backstage segment with Kane coming out of the trainer's closet after visiting Bryan. He said that the Shield will pay to get his car out of the impound lot.

* Mark Henry vs. Sheamus in an leg wrestling contest is next. Henry won the leg wrestling contest. Now Sheamus is challenging Henry for another thumb wrestling contest, left thumb vs. left thumb. Henry accepted the challenge, but as soon as they started, Sheamus hit him with a piano. They fought for a minute with Sheamus getting the best of Henry, leaving Henry laid out in a tuxedo.

* Dean Ambrose defeated Kane via tri-quarter combination arm and leg throw after The Shield interfered. Kane attacked The Shield before the match. After the match, The Shield attacked Kane 3-on-1 and triple power kicked him. They then stood over him holding a bible and three boiler makers.

Dark Match:

* The Big Show & Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton and Sheamus is a work in progress.
Bye for now...
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Bryan has that ability to connect with almost anybody in the ring. He is no up and comer. Good thing the match wasn't a squash.

It was a squash though, it was 13 minutes of Ryback no selling Bryan's offense then hitting a couple of moves and pinning him with ease and then no selling the effects the match afterwards while the commentators proclaim how dominant Ryback was and proclaiming Cena's title reign being in serious danger with his bad ankle and the monster known as Ryback breathing on his neck.

I do have one question for anyone who might feel that Dwayne Johnson "owes" the business. Is it just him, or is it anyone who moved on to other things? Should Luna Vachon get heat for running a towing company instead of working on RAW? Should Maven be critiqued on his Home Shopping Network bits instead of wrestling?

Or is it only the ones who go on to highly visible careers in movies that owe something? Why do Johnson (who left after putting people over, doing the traditionally "right thing") and Lesnar (who did not; except for making Eddie a legitimate star) get called sell-outs who "forgot where they came from" when someone who retires to do some regular job get credit (as they should) for moving on and making it without falling into a sea of addiction?

I don't watch pre-WWE stuff. I don't have the time to. I'm the type of fan that says, "Show me what you can do in the major leagues." This is the same for any hot shot MLB prospect. I didn't like Cesaro at all when he first came in but he impressed me with his match quality. I didn't like Bobby Roode but his work with Beer Money and as WHC made me look at him differently.

As for CM Punk he is clearly a better wrestler than Daniel Bryan. When I say better wrestling I'm taking everything into account -- moveset, selling ability, telling a story.

Do you see the problem with this?

Also your sports analogy is shit because wrestling isn't real. An actor analogy is more accurate. If Daniel Bryan were an actor than the WWE is a huge blockbuster film that Daniel Bryan plays a supporting role in. You weren't overly impressed with him a supporting character so you say he's not great. When someone points to an independent film that he was in (in this case ROH) you say it doesn't matter because it's not the major leagues.

Ambrose again being in a singles match is cool. It makes me hopeful that they have high hopes for him. Also I really want to see the Bryan/Ryback match. If they had Bryan play the underdog it's going to be awesome.

Also your sports analogy is shit because wrestling isn't real. An actor analogy is more accurate. If Daniel Bryan were an actor than the WWE is a huge blockbuster film that Daniel Bryan plays a supporting role in. You weren't overly impressed with him a supporting character so you say he's not great. When someone points to an independent film that he was in (in this case ROH) you say it doesn't matter because it's not the major leagues.

Ambrose again being in a singles match is cool. It makes me hopeful that they have high hopes for him. Also I really want to see the Bryan/Ryback match. If they had Bryan play the underdog it's going to be awesome.

Absolutely quality post my friend; couldn't have said it any better myself.

Give it a watch; call it a preview of what's to come in Avengers III, if you will , only not as simplified to appease the toon's target demo.

Thanos is only beaten because he allows himself to be, and he only allows himself to be beaten because, in spite of his ambition to attain ultimate power, he sub-consciously knows that he's not worthy of it.﻿
~ Adam Warlock

Give it a watch; call it a preview of what's to come in Avengers III, if you will , only not as simplified to appease the toon's target demo.

Thanos is only beaten because he allows himself to be, and he only allows himself to be beaten because, in spite of his ambition to attain ultimate power, he sub-consciously knows that he's not worthy of it.﻿
~ Adam Warlock